Decree 1076. After the government gave the green light to the mayors of 665 municipalities in the country to begin with the economic reopening, and pilot tests of different industries including casinos, with the issuance of the new decree 1076 of the Presidency of the Republic is expected that the local mandatories initiate their proposals.
Andrés Hurtado, mayor of Ibagué confirmed that he will present pilot plans for the reopening in the city of billiards, bars, gambling properties as casinos and bingos, hotels and sporting events, which will have to be presented to the Ministry of the Interior.
"We went from low to moderate Covid-19 affectation according to the latest epidemiological map of the Ministry of Health, however, the new presidential decree allows us to expand pilot plans for billiards, casinos, hotels for families and sporting events, which we are going to present to the Ministry of the Interior, "said Hurtado.
For the process of this pilot plan, the mayors must submit their requests to the Ministry of the Interior and, in accordance with the conditions found, will work together with Min. of health, to give the respective authorization.
"According to the Minister of Commerce, José Manuel Restrepo, there cannot be a single reopening model"
"More than 150 municipalities have requested pilot plans for restaurants, casinos, bars and churches," said the Vice Minister of the Interior for Political Relations, Daniel Palacios.
Although there is still not much information on the municipalities that have been presenting the proposals for the pilot tests, it is known of some results of the municipalities that despite presenting their proposals, they have received notifications from the Ministry of the Interior in which they are denied this petition. Like the case of Manizales.
"Considering that it is at a moderate risk of contagion by covid-19". Carlos Mario Marín, mayor of Manizales, assured.
How the impact is measured
"We measure the impact through indicators that try to anticipate where economic behavior is going.
We have already seen that April was a difficult month in terms of production and we began to see that the results for May and June are much better and this is evident in the improvement in the confidence indices of the industry, commerce and the confidence of the consumer, in improving energy demand and gasoline consumption.
In the indicators that measure the behavior of the industry and household consumption spending, it is noted that there is a gradual reactivation process hand in hand with all the efforts being made in health to control the pandemic. " Minister Restrepo explains.
